Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-01

the highest privilege Just Dispenser can
award to shed the last drop of blood III my
veins for the honor of that flag whose en-
blems are justice, liberty and truth, and
which has been, and as humbly trust IN
God ever will be, for the right
On. Brave and unseltish soul. How
thou has been misunderstood, mlSludged
and misrepresented, DETAINED and wroDged
by those who to-day are the beneticiaries
of thy noble life.
Those detamations wounded his proud
and sensitive spirit. Ii he seemed TO take
atlrOnt when assailed in debate it was from
the cause he represented and not from per
SOnll pride. There were times when his ar
dent temperament mastered his self con-
trOi. He was
\ SENSITIVE, HIGI-sPIRITED CHVALRoUs
SOUL.
He had pride of character and power of
passion. He knew his power, but he was
. stranger to vanity. His passionate ma
ture was intense. His emotional being re-
sembled the ocean.
The passions of love, joy, hope, desire,
grief, hatred and anger were strong to him.
He could love like woman, sport like
child, hope like Il saint. His grief was in
tense, his hatred inveterate, his anger
burned like Il mountain on fire. He al
ternated between profound cams and fur
iOuS storms. His calms were like embOw
cred lakes, their placid bOsOnls mirroring
the over-hanging foliage Of the grassy
banks. His agtatiOns were like mountain
torrents leaplng, dashing laundering
down their rugged courses, sweeping
all before them. When composed
the ocean of his emotions was 50 placid
that little child might sail its fragile
boat thereon but when agitated the great
deep was troubled, the heavens grOwled,
thunder answered thunder, the cthcIal
fires cleaned and burned, wave mounted
wave, and whole armaLLentS were scattered
before the fury OF the storm. This is the
key to the warmth Of his friendship and
the bitterness of his enmity.
HEHAD AN HoEOKNSs.E AMBITION
but it was above corruption and intrigue.
In his manliucSs he did not hesitate to
proclaim his desire nor disguise his noble
aspirations. From his very nature he be-
came the soldiers friend. 1t was his ten
dCrncSS of nature that made him the
friend of every Soldie" in the war In
piping times oipcace we forget those who
fought for us; not 50 with Logan. He
carried the years OF the war
through each receding decade and lived
among its stirring memories. He main-
tained close relations to the veterans.
Thrice he was elected COmmandcr-in-Chlei
of the Grand Army of the Republic. As
chairman OF the Committee on Military
Affairs he was in position of power. To-
day the three hundred and fifty thousand
veterans in the Grand Army OF the Repub-
/ lie from six thousand posts feel that they
! have lost friend. To-day the six hun
dred and twenty-five thousand pensioners
bless his memory. To-day the two hun
| dred and thirty thousand widows and or
/ phaus breathe prayer TO heaven for the
peace of his soul To-day the spirits of
, three hundred and fifty thousand patriot
soldier; slain in the war gather around
| the great soul of Logan and think with
/ him that on each returning 3Oth OF May
| their graves are not forgotten but are Gov
/ cred with flowers. The designation of
that day for memorial service was sug-
grSted by Logan and he was wont TO say,
| 1T was
THE pEOUDEST ACT
Of my life And to-day could the three
hundred and fifty thousand patriotic dead
rise from their graves each with 4 memo
rial flower in his hand, there would rise
floral mountain to the skies the per-
| tumc of which would ascend in gatitud"
! tn the ,rnI of battles Opln lcSs
such 4 mountain OF flowers. II"
/ ina,tyl or liberty. Le
| five sears of the ""
! battle Tor the
/ would